The municipality of El Poble Nou de Benitatxell Valencia has joined the network archival system that allows all files Arxivístic system Valencià work with the same computer application. In this way, all municipal archives and documents will be digitized.
The Culture, Library and Information Technology technicians have already started working on the tasks prior to digitization. The town hall It has appointed a person in charge of archival management and has even hired two administrative assistants who will carry out the tasks of scanning and digitizing the printed municipal documents and archives.
Mayor, Josep Femenía, It has been very excited with municipal digitization project will also include a section dedicated to parish archives since "the Church preserves documents of incalculable value that are also patrimony of all the people".
For her part, the Councilor for New Technologies, Myra van 't hoff, has indicated that this project will undoubtedly be laborious but necessary and very positive. "We have hired two people who perform work for a few months scanning and digitization. This helps us to take a step forward in archival modernization, while dynamize the employment of unemployed persons".
